TONIGHT

Dave Nada @ Kitty Cat Klub
With me! TONIGHT! FREE!

DIRTY

Tomorrow night at Too Much Love I'm joined by special local guest Dirty McKenzie. Check out his stuff; he's got some cool shit going on and some stuff coming out soon.


Tonight I'm headed out to the Moon Goons' night at Barfly and then LAIDBACK LUUUUUUKE!!!! BOOYA.

Then this is on Sunday (Dave Nada in the house!).

LINKS

Lots of good stuff here:

• Hercules, Love Affair & Being a Dork | XLR8R
  Here, Butler talks about his path from being a dorky teenage fanboy DJing in Denver gay bars to his current role as a rising New York art-disco superstar.
  
  
• black country grammar: Interview: Xaver Naudascher (Supersoul Recordings)
  DFA have got a brand new compilation out this week on their Death from Abroad imprint called 'Nobody Knows Anything', which is a collection of tracks from German label Supersoul. I caught up with label head Xaver Naudascher this week to ask him how the tie up came about, scoring for films, and what he's had for lunch.
  
  
• another night on earth: keeping track of runaways
  Runaway played at the recent Wurst Edits BBQ in Brooklyn, here is their set!
  
  
• The FADER - Exclusive Freeload: Nacho Lovers' Acid House Mix
  We listened to this remix by Toronto barnburners Nacho Lovers so hard our leg started bleeding.
  
  
• Discobelle.net » Blog Archive » Mixin’ it up: Zebo
  This time we got Zebo who made this mix after he came back from playing at Lollapalooza.
  
  
• Crickets: Disco Salvation
  Tonight James Murphy and Pat Mahoney--front man and drummer of LCD Soundsystem, respectively--will be bringing their Special Disco Version party to Smart Bar
  
  
• The Medium - Kanye on Keyboards
  How a master rapper-producer is remixing social media.
  
  
• Earplug | REVIEW: Sunday Best
  Review of Brooklyn Sunday party with Eamon Harkin
  
  
• Sunday Best Downloads
  mixes from the Brooklyn party
  
  
• S/FJ: DARK? HARK!
  Sylvester and Frere-Jones weigh in on the Dark Knight
  
  
• Special Disco Version Film | Anthem
  Special Disco Version, the name of both the duo's weekly N.Y.C. club night and their current traveling event, came through Los Angeles on August 9, and of course, we had to jump on the opportunity to get it all on film!
  
  
• Poolga. iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers for the rest of us.
  iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers from a selection of designers and illustrators from around the world.
  
  
• RA: Down and out with autoKratz - Feature / Interview
  
  
• Kanye Bringing Fatburger to Chicago | Pitchfork

TO WHERE

FO WEAZAL

BASS WEAZAL remix of NYTEOWL

It's not hard to guess who Bass Weazal is.

INVASION

Invasion - "Moongazer" (hi-fi link)

Still not sure how I feel about this. Killer riff. Produced by SMD's Jas Shaw.

SUMMER SONG

YACHT is finally starting to do it for me.

MINNEAPOLIS CLUB JAM

TOMORROW IS MAH BIRTHDAY



TOO MUCH LOVE

SPECIAL DISCO VIDEO

Special Disco Version L.A., August 9 from Anthem Magazine on Vimeo.

LINKS

Video on my friendly neighborhood Galactic Pizza, a look at A-Trak's studio and thought process, a mix from Aeroplane, and more...

• Cool Jobs: Galactic Pizza
  
  
• Quiet Color » QC INTERVIEW: SAMMY BANANAS
  10 years later, on another hot summer night, we met again, this time at a Mexican restaurant In Park Slope, to discuss joining the ranks of the Fools Gold label (Label of A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs, home to acts like Kid Sister, Kid Cudi, and Jokers of the Scene), his work with pop-funk masterminds Miss Fairchild, and why the 90's are the new 80's. We hope you enjoy.
  
  
• Justice | Pitchfork
  The French duo on Daft Punk, the nature of hype, why they no longer do remixes, painting John Travolta, and being MySpace friends with the Jonas Brothers.
  
  
• Rehearsal Space: A-Trak | Zoom In - News, Events, Training and Community for Creatives
  In this episode of Rehearsal Space, A-Trak discusses the pros and cons of being Kanye West's tour DJ and the appeal of combining hip hop and club music
  
  
• The FADER - Exclusive Freeload/Q+A: Tittsworth f. Pase Rock & Kid Sister, "WTF"
  Download "WTF" below, and check the Q+A after the jump.
  
  
• Burning Bright - Village Voice
  Let's think for just a moment about how much M.I.A. actually supports the Tamil Tigers
  
  
• La Vida No Loca: Musical Events: The New Yorker
  Coldplay's expanding gas.
  
  
• Muxed Bag: 10 Songs (Sort of) About Dancing
  
  
• Music - Paul Lansky, a Pioneer in Computer Music, Unplugs - NYTimes.com
  After 35 years of composing for a machine, Paul Lansky has discovered a new thrill: writing for people and their instruments.
  
  
• Ratatat | Pitchfork
  Ratatat's Evan Mast reps his favorite band fronted by a 13-year-old, explains how he gets his Rolling Stones fix without the Stones, and offers his recipe for a very simple James Brown remix.
  
  
• Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters
  We've reached a point in our civilization where counterculture has mutated into a self-obsessed aesthetic vacuum. So while hipsterdom is the end product of all prior countercultures, it's been stripped of its subversion and originality.
  
  
• Ratatat on recording LP3 | Instrumental electronic-rock duo Ratatat on LP3
  Read the Remix feature on instrumental electronic-rock duo Ratatat. Mike Stroud and Evan Mast discuss how they meshed many polar-opposite sounds together to create an oddly complementary mix on LP3.
  
  
• RA: RA.114 Aeroplane Podcast
  Aeroplane fly high with a set of disco pop in this week's RA podcast.
  
  
• Why punks wanted to kill Suicide - Jon Wilde on how they survived
  Even punks hated Suicide, reacting to their gigs with astonishing violence. In response, the band locked the exits so no one could flee. Jon Wilde asks them how they survived it all.
  
  
• brooklynvegan: Special Disco Version (Murphy & Mahoney) - 2008 Tour Dates
  "People hear that word disco, and they see bellbottoms and 'That '70s Show.' No, no, no," says Murphy. "This is real liberation music for people who know where to go. This is the real deal."
  
  
• socialprimer.com
  Fashion website, for men mostly I think
  
  
• Mike Tyson Mansion - illicitohio.com
  
  
• The Walkmen | Daytrotter | Pipe Dreams Are Still Dreams To The Blind Modernists
  All Royal Trux/NMH covers
  
  

3X2

I'm at the Triple Rock tomorrow with friends Mike 2600 and Tendercakes. Always a good time. Cchchchheck it oooout.

808080808

I'm wearing that "Acid Haus" t-shirt today, which would imply some 303 love - but today we are all about the 808. Last Saturday I was joined at Too Much Love by the one and only Mike the 2600 King. He played Sheryl Crow. It was a giant WTF moment, but as usual, from Mike, a very well crafted WTF. I was talking to someone and started nodding my head to the song, simultaneously thinking, "I have heard this song a ton of times" and "I have not heard this song in a long time." And then I realized it was Sheryl Crow and my brian exploded a little.

Anyways... a gift from Mike today to celebrate the date. At first I thought it was a mix but it's not. Behold:

In honor of today's date, I've upped a few tracks featuring the greatest drum machine ever - the Roland TR-808...

Freestyle "It's Automatic"
Tuff Crew "Gimme Some"
Public Enemy "Power to the People"
Sypder-D "Smerphie's Dance"
2 Live Crew "Mr. Mixx on the Mixx"
Egyptian Lover "Girls"
Beastie Boys "Hello Brooklyn (demo version)"

Knab them here. Thanks Mike!

Be sure to come down to TML on Saturday as I am joined by very special guests Get Cryphy! aka Jimmy2times and Plain Ole Bill.  Get hype!

PJA-NOOOOO!

I would say that the video for Eric Prydz's "Pjanoo" is predictably bad, but I don't think anyone could predict bringing back The Indian in the Cupboard. For anything. Let alone a video for a cheese house anthem.

NEW RHYTHM BOUNCE

Hercules & Love Affair Interview, Concert, and After-party from Anthem Magazine on Vimeo.

CREEPIN

Wow, so this is like a year old, and I totally missed it. But this is definitely my new favorite terrible house track. (Really terrible.)



Camille Jones vs. Fedde Le Grand - "The Creeps"

HOLY GHOST?

[via Preston]

JERK IT?

Thunderheist - "Jerk It"



OK, I can get behind this. Try watching in high quality.

LINKS

Lots of good stuff here. Interviews with masters of the universe Francois K and Frankie Knuckles, and new master A-Trak, mixes from XXXChange, Mock & Toof and Trouble & Bass, lots of talking about disco, etc. etc...

• RA: Deep Thoughts... with Francois K
  The ageless DJ's Deep Space party has kept New York dubbing for five years now. So what happens when he gets to the main stage? Good question. We caught up with the legend as he prepares to return to his house roots for South West Four and other European...
  
  
• Shilo Presents: Alex XXXChange
  Download and Listen to We Make It Good Mix Series, Vol.04
  
  
• Wolfmother fails to stem label's losses | Business | News.com.au
  RECORD label Modular has run up millions of dollars in losses despite having big-selling rockers Wolfmother on its roster.
  
  
• Best Week Ever » Blog Archive » The Top 13 Most Kick-Ass Faces of Michael Caine in Honor of His 75th BDay
  
  
• James Murphy and Friends Positively Hot at P.S. 1’s Warm Up -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine
  An abominable snowman on stilts and his band of merry revelers in neon tribal gear danced suggestively on a nearby rooftop...
  
  
• Drop the Lime at Coney Island | XLR8R
  We fled to Coney Island on the hottest day of summer with Luca Venezia, better known as subsonic bass skull-rattler Drop the Lime.
  
  
• Arguing On The Internet: Is Techno In A Holding Pattern?
  This may be super-last-week of me to mention, but I admired Philip Sherburne's recent Pitchfork column about what he sees as a current malaise in dance music.
  
  
• Gutteral: This post has teeth in the mouth of a beast (an interview with Matmos)
  
  
• History is made at night: In Defence of Disco - Richard Dyer
  This was a groundbreaking work in taking disco seriously, and many of its conclusions can equally be applied to the later dance music scenes dismissed as politically unsound by those who like a strong dose of didacticism with their music.
  
  
• David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
  Brian Eno and I recently finished our first collaboration in about 30 years
  
  
• twentyfourhours: Mock Mix
  Another killer mix comes courtesy of Mock from the excellent production-duo Mock & Toof.
  
  
• Showtime partying like it's 1977 with Studio
  The 1970s era of disco, drugs and excess is coming back with "Studio," a new Showtime drama centering on the iconic New York nightclub Studio 54.
  
  
• Erol Alkan - Wise Words With: A-Trak
  
  
• Big Shot Guest Mix: Trouble & Bass
  the crew whipped up an awesome, bass-laden mix that's bound to knock your socks off exclusively for Big Shot
  
  
• TRASH MENAGERIE |Slick Catchdubs
  Nick Catchdubs was nice enough to give us his new mix AND an interview. He is one of my favorite New Yorkers and his label with A-Trak, Fools Gold (maybe you have possibly heard of it?) is killing it right now.
  
  
• Moodmat One Question Interview: Theo Parrish at moodmat
  In a new series to Moodmat, I will be asking artists one question and providing their uncensored answer. This inaugural edition I am pleased to have Theo Parrish as our first guest.
  
  
• The Last iPod Video Guide You’ll Ever Need — Plastic Bugs
  
  
• A L A I N F I N K I E L K R A U T R O C K: Frankie Knuckles interview
  This interview was conducted just after the shock closure of New York's Sound Factory, another great room that Mr Nicholls had (briefly) made his own.
  
  
• Beatportal Interviews: Style Of Eye
  Not satisfied with sticking to one specific sound, Linus Eklow, aka Style Of Eye is ignoring the rules and making whatever he damn well wants
  
  
• Postcards From Yo Momma
  A repository of modern day maternal correspondence